Featured Publications
Designing for a green chemistry future
Zimmerman JB, Anastas PT, Erythropel HC, Leitner W. Designing for a green chemistry future. Science 2020, 367: 397-400. PMID: 31974246, DOI: 10.1126/science.aay3060.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2020
Fully Renewable, Effective, and Highly Biodegradable Plasticizer: Di‑n‑heptyl Succinate
Elsiwi B, Garcia-Valdez O, Erythropel H, Leask R, Nicell J, Maric M. Fully Renewable, Effective, and Highly Biodegradable Plasticizer: Di‑n‑heptyl Succinate. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 2020, 8: 12409-12418. DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.0c02859.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGood plasticizing propertiesSuccinate diestersPlasticizing propertiesGreen plasticizersSynthetic routeSolventless processEsterification reactionRenewable feedstockPlasticizerToxicity concernsBiodegradable plasticizersSuccinic acidEnvironmental presenceNitrogen gasDiestersRhodococcus rhodochrousBiodegradation experimentsN-heptanolBiodegradation kineticsUbiquitous environmental presenceKineticsIndustrial plasticizerPropertiesFeedstockSynthesis